Friday, October 20, 2006

Buying the New Yorker 1986 - page 52


I like how they have the fake headlines in this ad, even though there is no graphical reason for it. Notice also how they make note of "catalog 201." That's a code so the folks in Spiegel HQ know exactly where you saw this ad. The catalog costs five bucks now, but you also get a ten dollar gift certificate. That's like they're giving you money.


Every time I look at this ad, I get "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" stuck in my head.

Princess Hotels has sold The Pierre Marques to Fairmont. It looks much less like the wallpaper in Grandma's bathroom now that the new management has come in and spruced the place up.

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